Can you guess what song these lyrics are from?

[Darthvadar]

Ah Del... Another party piece...

It's called 'The Black Velvet Band'.....

How about......

On the first part of the journey
I was looking at all the life
There were plants and birds and rocks and things
There was sand and hills and rings

[galvo]

 "A horse With No Name", and while on the animal theme;

"Watch me wallabies feed mate
Watch me wallabies feed
They’re a dangerous breed mate
So, watch me wallabies feed

Take me koalas back. Mac
Take me koalas back
Don’t let them out on the track. Mac
Take me koalas back

Keep me cockatoos cool, curl
Keep me cockatoos cool
Don’t go acting the fool, curl
Keep me cockatoos cool"

[Darthvadar]

Ha Ha!!!... As a Rolf Harris fan, I couldn't miss this one...

It's 'Tie me Kangaroo Down, Sport'...


Try...

When the snow falls you're found in St. Moritz
With the others of the jet-set
And you sip your Napoleon Brandy
But you never get your lips wet

[galvo]

"Where Do You Go To My Lovely" - Peter Sarstedt. A real goody.

Here's one of Joe Locke's  specials :

"Hear my song beneath the moon
Come with me in my gondola
Waiting on the old lagoon

Serenade across the water
Can't you hear it soft and low
A tale of love that lovers used to sing
Long ago."

[Darthvadar]

Ahhh... 'Hear My Song'.... Joseph Locke...

How about...

You fooled me with your kisses
You cheated and you schemed
Heaven knows how you lied to me
You're not the way you seemed

[galvo]

"The Devil in Disguise' - Elvis, among others. Enough of the easy ones! Scratch your skull over this one:

"When d'you think that he'll come back?"
Not with this wind blowing, and this tide.
"Has any one else had word of him?"
Not this tide.
For what is sunk will hardly swim,
Not with this wind blowing, and this tide.

"Oh, dear, what comfort can I find?
None this tide,
Nor any tide,
Except he did not shame his kind -
Not even with that wind blowing, and that tide"

[Darthvadar]

'My Boy, Jack'....

How about...


As a boy he'd take me walking
By mountain field and stream
And he showed me things
Not known to kings
And secret between him and me

[galvo]

"The Old Man"

A New Years special:

 'time for you to go out, go out into the world.
 turn the lights up over every boy and every girl.
 one last call for alcohol, so finish your whiskey or beer.
 you don't have to go home but you can't stay here.

I know who I want to take me home.
I know who I want to take me home.
I know who I want to take me home.
Take me home...'

[Darthvadar]

Ha Ha!!!... Knew it wouldn't take you too long to get back to the boozy ones, Galvo!...

It's called 'Closing Time'...

Have another in a similar vein....



Oh it's-a lonesome away from your kindred and all
By the campfire at night we'll hear the wild dingoes call
But there's-a nothing so lonesome, morbid or drear

[kristina]

The Pub with no Beer...


How about...

He's fighting for Democracy,
He's fighting for the Reds,
He says it's for the peace of all,
He's the one who must decide...

[del]

I know that one!!  he Universal Soldier.

Anybody know this one:
Ten years ago on a cold dark night
There was someone killed neath the town hall llight
There were few at the scene, but they all agree
That the slayer who ran looked a lot like me
The judge said son what is your alibi
If you were somewhere else then you won't have to die
I spoke not a word though it meant my life
For I had been in the arms of my best friend's wife

[Darthvadar]

Guessing....

'Long Black Veil'....

[del]

That's right Darth!!!!

[Darthvadar]

Thank you, Del...

Try....


When I was young and just a bad little kid,
My momma noticed funny things I did.
Like shootin' puppies with a BB-Gun.
I'd poison guppies, and when I was done,
I'd find a pussy-cat and bash in it's head.
That's when my momma said...

[galvo]

(I am a) Dentist - great words. Here's something medical:

"There were times when I could
Have murdered her
But you know, I would hate
Anything to happen to her
No, I don't want to see her
Do you really think
She'll pull through?
Do you really think
She'll pull through?
Do..."

[Darthvadar]

Girlfriend in a coma...



We two have run about the slopes,
and picked the daisies fine ;
But we've wandered many a weary foot

[galvo]

" Auld Lang Syne" - tres topical!

"I had me a wife, I had me some daughters.
I tried so hard, I never knew still waters.
Nothing to eat and nothing to drink.
Nothing for a man to do but sit around and think.
Nothing for a man to do but sit around and think."

[Krisna]

Country Death Song
By the Violent Femmes

How abt a little something I call Old School...

I want to say a little something that's long overdue
The disrespect to women has got to be through
To all the mothers and sisters and the wives and friends
I want to offer my love and respect to the end

[galvo]

"Sure Shot" the Beastie Boys. The Beastie Boys old school??

Here's something really old school:


"Jolly boating weather,
And a hay harvest breeze,
blade on the feather,
Shade off the trees,
Swing swing together,
With your bodies between your knees,
Swing swing together,
With your bodies between your knees."

[Darthvadar]

Now THAT is old school...

'The Eton Boating Song'... Otherwise known as 'Jolly Boating Weather'...

Try...


Well de host he got excited
Picked up de phone in haste
Quickly dial a number
And said "Man come spray dis place"

[Ken Shelmerdine]

I wasn't there that morning
When my Father passed away
I didn't get to tell him
All the things I had to say

But I think I caught his spirit
Later that same year
I'm sure I heard his echo
In my baby's new born tears
I just wish I could have told him, in....................

Sorry this is a bit late Galvo the answer is it's a verse from the song 'The Living Years" by Mike and the Mechanics. An offshoot band lead by Mike Rutherford from Genesis.

Ohoi Galvo don't you go dissin' our beer. It should be served slightly below room temperature but not fridge temperature because its only then that you get the real rich taste of a live beer.  Unlike budweiser and fosters type beers which taste awful if they are not chilled and are so gassy they just make you burp and fart all day. 

[galvo]

Darth, "Scratch Scratch" an oldie from Harry Belafonte.

Ken, I fail to see any problem in burping and farting all day. Some of my best friends etc. etc.
 
Now, on topic:

"DOUGH... the stuff... that buys me beer...
RAY..... the guy that sells me beer...
ME...... the guy... who drinks the beer,
FAR..... the distance to my beer
SO...... I think I'll have a beer...
LA...... La la la la la la beer
TEA..... no thanks, I'm drinking beer...
That will bring us back to...
[Notices can is empty]...D'OH! "

[galvo]

Maybe the final word could hold the answer, at least as far as the singer.

[YLGuy]

That would have to be Homer Simpson

[galvo]

Spot on, YL. And the tune was "Do Re Mi Beer".

Over to you.